James Maddison has wished Newport County well in their FA Cup run after his attempted mind games fell flat.

The Leicester City attacking midfielder tried to put off Newport striker Padraig Amond as he converted the penalty to give the League Two side a 2-1 win and consign Maddison and co. to an embarrassing defeat at Rodney Parade.

Talking on Irish radio show Off The Ball, Amond said: “There were a couple [of City players] saying: ‘This will be the biggest penalty you’ll ever take, don’t miss. Look at all the TV cameras.’

“It’s stuff you hear every time you do take a penalty but it is a big difference taking a penalty in League Two when there’s not as many cameras on you and the player who’s saying it to you isn’t an England international either.

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“We knew at half-time when we were going off the pitch, the amount of stick the fans were giving them and then we could hear the manager fleecing them in the dressing room at half-time, so we knew they had pressure on them. I don’t think they expected us to do what we did to them.”

After the clip was tweeted, Maddison sent a friendly message to Amond, which read: “Great pen under pressure. All the best on your cup run, pal.”

Amond replied: “Thanks very much James. Best of luck for the rest of the season.”